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apprmeu h~ rhe Borough 10 199,.

~ubjecr onl~ [() uirecrion from the

eeretal"\ of "rare for 'I ran~porr

concerni'ng rhe po~~iblc re~en arion of

pMt of the ire for lIork~ a~~ociared

11 irh rhe propo~eu Chehea-llaekne~

l'nuergrounu line. \\ hen rhe Seererar~

of Scare remm'ed the re~en'arion oruer

in 199.1. the Borough ueferreu furrher

con~iuerarionof our application. Thc

Collcgc rhen lodged an appcal \\ ith

rhe Secrera~ of Srare for the

Em ironmenr. again~r rhe HOf<lIlgh'"

non-dererminarion of the application.

.\ftcr rhe Borough indicatcd that ir \\a~

"minded [() appro\ c" our applicarion.

bur could nor do ~o \\ hil<.: ir lIa~ on

appcal. the College ~ubmitted a nc\\.

duplicate, application.

!\t rhe meering in Januan, the

Chairman of rhe Borough'" Education

and Lihrary Committce formally

objecred ro our application. on rhe

ground~ thar parr of thc ~ire \\ ould be

idea I for a ~ccondiH\ ~chool [() prO\ ide

for pupih li\'ing in rhe ~ourhern parr of

rhe Borough. It i~ e'pected rhar an

appliearion. parr'" for ~econdar) ~chool

u~e, and parrly for re~idenriill u~e, \\ ill

be ,ubmitteu by a third parr) to rhe

Planning and Con~enarion Commitree

ar a larer meering.

The College will nor objecr to

thar application. and \1 ollld eon~ider

propo~al~ for rhe propert~ on rhar

IXI~i~, prO\ ided rhar the Collegc'~

obligation ro reali~e full open marker

\'alue for the ~ite can be mer.

Profe~~or .\rthur Luca~

Principal

Brush up yourn1 dia skill

Peter IlobdJ\. onc of rhe

pre~enrcr of the Rauio ~ ~od(~J'

programme. 11 III rake part 10 a

one-da\ :\ ledia . 'kill~ cour e at King'

on Z, ":ebruan. lie 11 ill di~eu~~ rhe art

of a good inren iell. 11 har dri\ e~ the

nCII ~ agenda. and hO\I hi~ particular

programmc i~ organi~cd. lie 11 ill al 0

conuuCt a numbcr of inren iCII ~ 11 hich

arc rel<.:\ i~ed, pla~ cd back and analy~ed.

The fir~t part of rhe cour~e 11 ill hc

raken b\ Chri~tinc Ken~on Jone~,

[)ireeto~of Public Relnrion~. and

\lelanic Gardner. I're~~ anu Informarion

Officer, anu CO\ er~ ~ueh topie~ a~: 11 hat

makc~ nell~, r~ pe~ of nell ~ media. and

hOIl to make ~ our ~ubjeer of inrcre~t ro

the media.

If \fHI hal e been approilChed by

rhe meJia in the pa~t and ha\'en't been

~lIte 11 har ro do. or if~ou ha\'(; re,earch

11 hich i~ abour to be complered anu you

rhink ir i likl:l~ to arrracr meuia

attenrion. if you arc in the ne\\' Direrl{Jl')'

of /·:.\P('11J for the tir~t time. or ~ (HI

~imph \\allt the e,perienee. then thi~eour~e i~ for ~ Oll.

The cour,e 11 ill be held on

\\'edne~ua~ 2H Febnwr\ from 10.00 to

17.00 ar C:orll\lallllou~e. Plea~e conracr

\ Iclanie Garuner on 3073 if you wish to

attenu. :'\ulllber~ arc limireu ~o book

earh!

Directo1]/ ofExperts

T he ~econd edition of the

Director) of E:-.perts ha~ no\\'

been pub"~hed bl' the Pre~~

&. PubliC<ltion~ Office. It li~r~ all th()~e

academie~ 11 ho arc happ\ to ~peak ro

the mcdia, nOli 0\ er SOU. repre,enring

a \\'ith a \a~t range of subjects. O\'er

I000 journali~r~. ne\\~paper~,

maga/.ine~, rauio and tele\ i~ion

~rarioJl'> ha\'e reeei\eu ir.

C:opie~ \\'ill be ~ent our ro ~ehool

and deparrlllcnral offiee~ for

eon~ulration.

Profe ornthea Tinker

Profe~~or .\nrhea Tinker of rhe

College", .\ge Concern In. tirute

of (jcronrolog~ 11 a~ onc of thc

December ~peaker~ in the Women'"

Celltenan ~erie~ of Sre\ en~on LeLture~

in Citi/e,;~hip at the ['nil er~ir\ of

(; la~)!;()\I.

The ~erie . 11 hieh began in October

19lJ5, run~ unril.\pril 1996. Orher

di~tingui~hed~peaker~ include The Rt

lion Shirl<.:\ \\'ilkllll~, l!elena Kenncd~,

QC: and Ka~c \die. OBE. Thc ritle of

Profe~~orTinker", Iccrure wa~ I\'olllfll

(fllrl rnlfilll': Ih(' pimm' ill /995.

e,-,' Year'sHonour

Profe~~or C\ ril Chanrler.

I'ri nci pal of I' '\ IDS.. recci\ eu a

Knigh rhood for ,en lee~ ro

meuicine.

Profc~...or C;raeme Dal·ie .... former

Chief E,eeuti\e of the Iligher

Education Funding Council for

England and nOli \'ice-Chancellor and

Principal of Gla~goll I 'nil·er~it).reeci\ eu a Knighthood for his en iee~

to rhe IIEFCE.

\v surger.tln1e

From • Januarl' El11ergenc~

C1inic~ arc [(~ be hel~ at 13.00:-, londa~ to I· nuay. Srranu

C:all1pu~. Thi~ i... for urgent Jll,trter~

on" .. .\ppoinrll1enr... 11 ill nO\I he

a\'ailable unril 17.30 uail~.

Surge~' till1C~ at Kemington and

Chehea ma~ he ~ubjCet to change, ~o

check rhe \Ieuical Centre uoor~ for

ri Il1C~.

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al 1996 I

he I.J\\ FJir \\ III r:lke plJle on

\ !'mdJ\ .!9 ~nd I Ut: dJ~ 3(l

JJnuJ~. oe[\\ een l.!.O() .lIld

1- ,(lO. 111 rht: (,reat IIJII Jr rhe tr.lnd.

\round -0 orgJllI Juon \\ III oe

artendll1g. I he mo~r prt: [Jglou~ Cir~

IJ\\ tirm~ .Ire \\ dl rt:pre t:nred togerher

\\ Ith regional group~ of firm Jmllt:gal

'IIU practltloner~. The BJr i ,mending

on ooth da~ ,. Tht:re \\ ill a"o be

rt:pre~enratl\e~ from l:cnrr.d anu lOLl Igm crnmt:11t and from ~ome trJining

prm illt:r~. In addJ[ion. there \\ dl bt: a

ft:\\ or~Jni~Jtion~ out~ide tht: le~al

profc ~Ion \\ ho are kecn to n:lTuit

la\\ ~ t:r\.

On thc ~t:lI)nd d.l~ of the I- •• ir thcre

\\ ill bt: .1 ~t:mIJ1Jr cmitlt:d '/ filiI/ill!!.

t 1\ l"u.d at rhl~ tll11t: of ~t:cIf for tht:

(:ommittet: of Rc~idt:nr I- dlm\ ~ to

\eck nomination~ fi)r the J\\ ,Iru of

tht: I· dlll\\ ~hip of the Collt:gt:. tht: F KC.

Thi\ \ car" no e\ception, ho\\ e\ t:r.

thcrc arc a numbt:r of changt:\ to the

procedure \\ hil'h nt:ed to be men[Jom:d.

l'nJt:r Swum: 14 the Collt:gt: can

ellxtup to tt:n Fdlo\\\ annuall~. Tht:

Fe110\\ \hip i\ tht: highe\t honour thar

rhe (:ollq.~e can be\to\\ and thi~ ~hould

bt: rdlcueu in rhe nominJrion~ \\ hich

an.: no\\' being \ought. .\n~ member of

the College can pur f()f\\,ud .1

nom in.l rion. '.:om ination~ norm,d" fall

into t\\ 0 broad carc~ont:" n'lmc". tho,t:

for a currt:nr or rt:ct:l1tl~ rt:rirt:d mt:mbcr

of ~tJfTJnd rho\e for formcr ~t.lIf and

~tlIdt:llt~ \\ ho ha\ t: di~tingui,ht:d

tht:m~t:" C\ in rhcir cart:cr~. Tht:

nomination, for currcnt membt:r\ of

\raff \hould nor be re\rrictcd to on"

tho\t: \\ ho ha\ t: al:hie\ t:d di~rinction in

tlll:ir pclfticubr field. Thert: arc otht:r\

\\ ho through dt:dil:ated and dilligenr

~t:r\ ice ha\ c contribured ,ignificanrl~ to

rhe lifc of rht: (;ollt:gt:. ~ul:h indi\ idual,

ma~ be \\orrh~ of nominarion.

Ir ha, been rhe practice of rhe

Comittet: of Re,ideIH Fcllml\ \\ hich i,

rt:\pon~ible for recei\ in~ rhe

nominarillll' and ac" i,ing rhe (;oul1l.il

CIJI/lmf! ()lIItr!, 1111 Rtz(.t/) I-Intl \\Irh a

pJnd () . ~peJker from the LegJI \IU

I'rJltiuoner . (.roup. rhe Cn", n

I'nhecution ef\ ICt: and loc.ll

l!,mcrnment. 'I hi \\111 t.Ike plJce in tht:

(:ouncil Room Jt 1;.00. \re Jre JI~o

running ~ \emin~r oer\\ t:en I ;,00 and

l'-,(Xl on \\'t:unt:~da\ .>1 Janua~ enmlt:d

, Ippll'il/Z/IJI' Tmllllll;" ((JI/!I'm!., \\ J[h Rob

Ilalwn from Edge e J-:lli~on.

\mong organ"ation~attending the

fair .Hl: rhe Gm ernmenr I.t:gal ~ef\ in:.

l.inmln\ Inn .II1U rhe (;em:ral Counl:il

of rhe BJr. Pril:e \\·att:rhou\t:. C, J Bef\\ 111

e Co. The o<':ler~ of Bbd, La \\ ~ t:r .

.\rthur .\ndcr~t:n. "P\)(;. rht: InLind

Re\ enue. I fcroert Smith. Iloloorn

College Jnd rht: College of La\\.

on rhme to 1)(,: elclteu. to balance the

~\\~ru of h:llo\\~hip~ber\\t.:t:n intt.:rnal

Jnd e\.rt.:rnal nom I n,ltlOn,. In rt.:l't:IH

~ t.:ar, the number and qu,lIir~ of rht.:

t.:\rt:rnal nominJrion~ ha~ bet:n

~omt.:\\har di\appoilltin~. If~ou arc

,marc of an\ alumni \\ ho ha\ t.: t:njo~ed

,ucce , in rheir can.:er' you ,hould

con~iderputting them forward.

Tht: nominarion proce~, h,,, .drt:rt:d

,Iighrl~ from pre\ iou, ~ t:ar, in rhar apart

from complering rhe nominarion form

tlHhe purring fOf\\aru nomin,Hion, art:

required to prO\ ide an :lccomp'lI1~ing

cirarion of no more rhein ;00 \\oru~

togerht:r \\ irh an~ other accompan~ing

e\ idt:nl'e to 'UppOf[ rht: nomination.

Tht: ciw[ion \\ ill form rhe ba,i~ upon

\\ hid1 rhe FellO\\\hip i, .lI1nounce I.

The do ing uare for rt.:ceipr of

nominarion form~ i, Frida~ 2, I'ebrua~

I YY6. :"ominarion form, ,Ire a\ ailable

from \ la ree 1I:l Scanlan on e\t .B71.

Should you \\ i\h tlJ di~l:u\\ the

nominarion proceuure or a po\\ible

nominarion rhcn plea~t.: conrau mc on

e\r ,B70.

Brian Salrer

\cauemic Regi~trar

e\ medical curriullum ­role or l)r 'lillH rh

I on'1 he pt<K:e ot oe\t:lopm!!; the ne\\

meuil:al curriculum hJ enrt:reu a ne\\

pha e. I he mam flllU of \\ ork h:l

mo\cu rom rhe ~nl.lll CUrriculum

l)e\c1opmenr (,roup ICD(;) ro )ear

Group 1e\c1 Jnu rhu a ne\\ bou\ ha

bet:n e rablJ hed - rhe Curriculum

Implemt.:nra[Jon Group ( :1(;) - to

prO\ ide J forum for Year Ht:aJ~,

Timorh\ Sil11on, \\a~ in\ ireu [(J co­

ch.lir rhe (;roup \\irh Paul Booton.

'1 in1<Jth\ ha 'Iho pla~ed rhe lead

role In managing rhe curriculum

projt:et "nce \ugu~r 19Y5 anu ha~

been .K'corckd tht: ritle of 'ub-Lkan

(Curriculum ImplemenratlOn).

'1 im()rh~ I~ IHJ\\ bt.:lng ~upporreu b~

[ht.: ne\\" .Ippoinreu (:urril'ulum

De\ elopment \"i,rant, Brian Larham.

\\ho wok up hi, pmr on 15 Janua~

Il)l)(,.

Joint I :dlll.Hion (.eIHre'1 t:ndt:r\ for rhe Joint EducarlOn

(:c.:nrre building programme \\t:re

rt:cei\ed on 1:; Ikcembcr 1995. The

projt:lted dare for ~wrr on \itt: i\ 12I· t:bruar\ I<j9() \\ irh .111 anricipared

completion b~ 31 I)ecc.:mber IY96.

I nforl1l~j[i()n ,",en ice ... o:?l..)\ ..,[em ... (:0111111 ittec\ nt:\\ Committee ha\ been

e,rabli,hcd .It rhe School b~ rhe

Chairman of the Deleg'lc~.Sir Perer

Bald\\ in, to ue\ elop anu pro,ecute a

'tr:ltt:g~ for informarion cn ice, and

,~,lem\ \\ irhln rhe '>chool. and in rhe

longer rerm for rhe Dt.:nmark Ilill ,ite.

The Commirree .,ub~umt:' rhe

rok~ of thc C,d1001\ Libra~ and

C:omputt:r c,t:f\ ice~ (:ommirrec\.

alrhough u~er~' ~roup' art: ro be

t:\r.lbli~heu in both of rhe't.: area, to

t:n~ure rh:n rhe School communir~ ha,

propt:r opporrunir~ to commenr on and

.Imt:nu prauice and polil..~.

The Commirret: i, to be chaired

b~ \Ir Dt.:rck Prenrice. a la~ mt.:mber

of the Iklegac~, and the membcr\hip

\\ ill include repre,enrari\e, of the

Sl..hool. Collcgt.: and Tru,r rogerht:r

\\ ith tht: Imritllre of P~~chiarr~.

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.Iint\ :'\:e"on, lJirel(or. CL:\\IS

T hc ( ~ntrc for Larc \ntlquc C'

\kdle\al tudlc, (CL.\ \1

held ir\ bC\hHtendcd da\

colloquium to d,ne on 9 Dcccmbcr

199:'. Lombinll1g forcc\ II nh rhc

(:onfratcrnn\ of ~r JanK' ro tackle thc

\llbjcet of pil~rim\ ,Ind pil~rimage.

.\frcr mulling mcr rhc

Confrarcrnlr~"' E'l.hibirion, TIll PiI!!iilll

\l'al" 10 Salltiago, ,cr up in rhe Council

Room. m er I ()() pcople crammcd into

2C to hcar a \cric\ of rhought-

pro\ okin.~ paper\. I'rofe\,or Rob

Banlerr of Sr \mln.:I\ \ 0pclll.:d

procccding\ \\ irh an arrc,ring

ui\cu'>\ion of hol~ placc, :lnd holy

\pace" pointin~ our rh:lr rhc idca of:l

hol~ pl'ICC, \1 hich \1 c rcnd to rak<.: for

gr'lI1red. nl:ctl'> to b<.: card'ulh

hi\rorici cd and ,holl ing h011 rhi

mighr bc done for mcdicI'al

chri'rendoll1. Dr I'l:rer Lineh:lm. Sr

John'\ Coll<.:gc, Cambridge. follm\t:d

rhi\ up \1 irh an intriguing account of

polirical facror, b<.:hind (;uadeloupe",

0\ cr hauo\\ ing of Compo,rclla a\ a

pilgrim c<.:ntr<.: in rhe rhirtl:elHh­

ccntury.

,\frcr an c'l.ccllelH lunch prm ided

by the College'\ earering ,en iCl:, Dr

\lary R<.:mnanr of rhe Confrarernir\' of

Sr Jame, guidcd u, \1 irh irre\i,tibl<.:

gu,to along rhe mu,ical road to

Santi'lgo and had rhe entire audil:ncc

,inging pilgrim ,ong' to rhe

accompaniment of \ olunreer

performance\ on bel". tabor and CO\I­

horn. 'I'he day ended \1 irh [\\ 0 fine

contriburion, from member, of rhe

home ream: Profe'>\or J udirh llerrin

(By !amine. tudie, '" Cia, ic\l on

\\omen a, pilgrim., in rhe early

chri,rian period, and Dr Di:lna \\'ebb

(Ili,tor~) on Iralian pilgrim., ro

(:ompo.,rella and eI\e\1 here. Ir II a,

gencrally agrccd rhat CL.-\\IS and

cockle,hcl" had made a congeni:ll

pairing!

ongratulationsto J ren1Y

Jcrcn1\ I' E pcnlCr. J rhm] \car

Ph I) \(Udcnt in rhc Pharm,!Colog\

(;roup ha\ed in Chel ca. hJ\ bccn

a\\ ardcd a ~ oun~ iJllc,rigaror pri/c for

hl\ papcr I).\'.II/(ISI dl/lllii!!1 ill hlllll(l//

l/lithr/1iI1 fill, IIIdllilt! I~\' I i!!lm III ...lIIi)!;1

alldh\'dm.f!tII /ll'iYJ.\it!r. The [Hi/C \\ a,

prc\cmed 'H rhe (hygen Socier\

meerin~ held in I'a'adena. Californi'l

in 'olemhcr 1'J'J'i. am:ndcd b~ O\er

'iOO <':'I.pen\ in rhe free radical\/

'Imio'l.idant\ field.

The pri/<': i, a\lard<.:d to rcco~nl\<':

c'l.l'cllclH rc\<.:arch prc\clHed by young

\tudent\ bcloll rhc age of 3.1 and i\

de\ign<.:d to encourage them in ,t

carccr in rhi, arca. Thc pri/e i\ rarcl~

,1\\ ard<.:d ro Briti\h ,cienti,r\ ,inc<.: th<.:

(hygcn Societ\ i the .\muican \Iing

of rhe Imernational Socier\ for Frcc

Radical Re'careh.

J<.:rem~ i\ in\e'tigating the rol<.: of

frc<.: radical, and alHio'l.idant\ in

human di\ea\e, in panicular

ncurodcgenerari\e di,ea\e, ,uch a\

Parkin\on'\ di\ease. I'rofe'>\or Barr~

I lall i\\'e 11 (hi, ,upen i,or), Dr Okc/ic I

Aruoma and Karyn-.\nn J\lar,hall (a

\\'ellcome Trust pril:e \tudent from

the ,ame group) \\'ere pre,elH at the

allard, eeremon\.

n oldclothes?

A \mall church-ba,ed charity i\

\upply ing clothe, for a \mall

to\\ n in :'\:orthern Romania

called RadJlni. \\'e supply abour .10

cubic merer, e\ er\' r\\o month, and

arc con,ramh in n<.:ed of more. The

clothe, arc largely gi\'en a\la\. but a

\l11all \hop ha, been ,cr up to ,ell

,om<.:, rhu, creating employ mem and

,rimularing rrade .. \ny comriburion, of

c1othe\, good quality and clean

including ,hoc, and coar, \1 (Hild be

mo,t 11 elcol11c.

Plt:a,c ,cnd (() \Iark Jcffer~,

School of Educarion. Corn\\ all Ilou,c.

OfCI~

cocklI

hell1..1 Yerhulm

pecialRe earch

ell0\\ hip

T he Le\erhulme Tnl\rl:c,

launLh<.:d J ne\1 caregor~ of

pccial Re,earch Fcllo\l\hip,

in 199.1. \ppro'l.im:lrely ren

,lppOIJHment' arc 'l\ailable. renable

from thc bcginning ofrhe 19%/97

'lc'ldemic ~Clr. The a\IJrd, arc

inrend<.:u to prm id<.: opportunirie, for

r<.:,<.:arlh<.:r, \\ irh a prO\<.:n record of

rc'<.:,lrlh \\ ho do not hold and h'l\ c nor

hcld a full-rimc e,rahli.,hed academic

po,r in.1 l K uni\er.,ir\ or compar:lbl<.:

ill'>rirurion. The Fellc)\\ ,hip., are

rcn'lbl<.: for 24 month\ and mu,r bc

raken up bl:[\le<.:n rhe b<.:ginning of

rh<.: I 'J9()/97 i.lcldemic ~ car and 1 \Ia~

)997.

.\pplicarion derail., arc aYail,lble

from Th<.: S<.:erer:lr~. Re,eareh .\\\ard\

\dl i\ory Commirree. The

Le\crhulmeTrtl,r, 1'i-19 :'\:e\\ Ferrer

Lane. London EC4.\ I:'\:R. unril

\Iarch and mll,r be 'Iccompanied b~ an

.\4 .,ramp<.:d addr<.:'>\cd el1\elop<.: (lOO

gram,).

Sports andSocial ClubTournament

he, porr, and SOCial Club

Tournamenr i, making ir,

annual \ i,ir co King',. The

fornur \\ ill be rhe ':lme a, la r ~ ear­

,ingle, and pair, in e\ery comperirion

(Cribbi.lge. darr\. pool and ,nooker).

.\11 enrrie, mll,r be in by

'j'hllt,da~ 29 Febrllar~ and rhl: dra\1

II ill be made on Frida\ I \Iarch. The

TOllrn'lIll(;nr \\ ill .,r:lrr on \Ionday 4

\lareh and final\ :'\:igllt \1 ill be

(hopcfllll~ ) Friday 19 July.

For en[[~ form, and furrher derail

contacr Cordon Re\ nell. Geograph~

Dcparrmenr, Srrand Campll' e'l.r:2 02.

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Flamin/!; June ({kl/lil) ( I, '95, ,1I/1.il'll de. \111' dl' POWI'. I'll/no Rim

Frederi Leighton at thcadelTI 7

T he nhibition of paiming,.

dra\\ in/!;, and ,cldpntr<;: b~

Frederic Lord Lei~h(On (I <,,,0­

I, (6) 11 hich opeJl'> at the RO\al

.\cadem\ on I'=; Februar\. and run, umil

2I .\pril. i, the fir,t to be de\()[ed to

Leighton ,ince the retrmpecri\ e at the

Ro~al .\eadem\ in I '97, the \ear after

hi, death.

Leon':e Ormond (Engli,h) i, onc of

the team of four \\ ho ha\ e ,elected and

eawlogued IZ'=; \\ork" or group, of

11 ork" repre~emingall period, and

,r~ le, of l,ei/!;hton'" career. The idea for

the exhibition hI hich mark, the

ccnrenary of I.eighton'" death) date,

back to 197'=; \1 hen Lconce rubli,hed a

critical monograph of I,cighton with hcr

hu,band Richard. nO\\ Director of the

'\ational :'\ britime :'\ lu,cum.

Leighton \Ia, unll,u,d among

\'icrorian rainrcr, in bcing trained

abroad. in Pari,. Brll'>'>e1 . Berlin and.

mo,t importanrh, at the Sradele,che,

Kun,tin'tiwt in Frankfurt. ,\fter

,pendin/!; three year, \\ orking in Romc.

he ,em his fir,t major \\ ork. Cil/lllb/le's

rddll7111'd .II/Ido/lllll iJ mn7ed ill pro/t'ssiol/

Ihl7JIlf;h Ihl' .<11t'1'1.< ofFIO/l'llfl'. home to

London \\ here it \\a, the chief talking

poinr at the Royal .\cadem) e:\hibition

of lit-.=;. Bought b~ Queen \'ic(Oria,

probably on the ad\ ice of Prince .\Ibert

\1 ho admired it, German qualitie,. the

painring borh e,rabli,hed Leighton a, a

painrer \1 ith a fllture and made him

,ome enemie, among tho,e \\ ho

re/!;arded him a, a foreign-trained

Ro Tal

out,ider. Toda~ it h'lng, in the '.:ational

Galler\. on loan from the Royal

( ;ollection.

In the ~ e:.lr, \1 hich 1'0110\\ ed the

,ucee'>'> of (.II//{lllIIt·S .1If1do/ll/fI I.eigh(On

ab:.lndoncd hi, German hi,torical

manner and became increa,ingl~

a"ociated \\ ith cl'I'>'>ical ,ubject n13rrcr

and 11 ith a ,t~ le of p'liming \\ hich tinall~

\ erged upon" mboli,m: "m) PlO'\ ing

10\ e of Form made me inwlefanr of the

re,traim and e:\igencie, of co,tLIme and

led l11e ... to a cia" of ,u hject' ... in

II hich ,upreme ,cope i, left to pure

arti,tic qu,t1itie""

I.ei.ghton \Ia, a public fi/!;urc a, \\'ell

a, a painrer. lie \\a, elected (0 the RO\'al

.\eadem\ ," an a'>'>ociate in IHM and full

member in IH6lJ. B~ IH7H it \I'a, clear (0

e\ e~ one that he \\ a, the onl\ man \\ ho

could become I're,idenr of the Ro~ al

.-\cadem~. a ro,t to 11 h ieh he was

eleCted \ irwall~ unorpo ed. From then

unril hi, death in 1< 96 he \\"a, a leading

poke,man for the art in Britain. at the

same time ,erring the Ro\al :\cademy

on a ,ecure footing and greatl~

increa,ing it, rre,tige. Ili, peerage.

be to\1 ed ,hortl~ before hi, death. \\a~

the onl~ one gi\en to a raimer in this

c()unr~.

It i, rartieularl) approrriate that

Leighton ,hould bc the ,ubject of a

Royal .\cadem\ \1 imcr e"hibition. sinee

the e exhibition, \\ ere hi, 0\1 n

brainchild. an imrortanr c1emem in hi,

'trate,!!;') to bring the old ma ter, \1 ithin

the reach of ordina~ people.

.on-cq u il ibri umrhcrmmh namic

Profe or R F treater' late t

book, .Slllliillml D\"II(JI/llt:i. ha

nO\\ appeared. publi hed b~ a

ne\\ (()mpan~. Imperial College I're'>'>.

It i, aimed at ,rudem, of mathematic, at

the m'l,ter, or Ph J) le\ cl. It \\'a, ~ red.

editcd and prinred in thc Ikrartmcnr

01':'\ I,\thematic'. and \la, rroduced and

di,tribu[(;d b) \\'orld Scienrific. \\ ho

al,o de,igned thl: arrracri\ c eO\ l:r.

I'rofe'>'>or Streater '>it\'> "It \\<" likl:

ha\ ing a bub~; nin<: l11omh, of e,rra

\\ ork and amieiparion and onc \ 0\1' not

to go throll/!;h all that again. But ,o011

aft<:r it i, 0\ cr. one i, ~t1read\ \\ orking

[()\\ ard, the ne:\t eJition.'·

Ph lCS

re earch award

Prof<:'>'>or Pike of KCL.., Ph\,ic~

l)eparrl11em and Dr Igor Yudln

of :'\!o,cO\\ .., Oil and Ca,

Re~earch In,tiwtc. ha\'c been a\\"arded

<'70.000131-' b~ the. 'ciemitic Affair,

Di\ i,ion of :'\;\'1'0 to direct an

.\d\anced Re,<:arch \\'ork~hop (.-\R\\')

on 1.~l!,hl Smlll'/7l/K e Pholo/l (,'ondlllio/l

S/)/'(ttrJJW!JI' at th<: Jagiellonian

llni\<:r'ity. "rakoll. Poland. from 27 w.10 Augu,r. this year. Thc\' have invitcd

somc '=;0 im<:rnational cxp<:rt~ to

partieirarc.

~,\'I'O'" ail11 in their AR\\'

rrograml11e i, to bring short and

medium term benefit tu the ,ci<:nce

ba,e and impro\ e indu~trial

competiti\ i~ of Ea~tcrn Eurpean

counrrie~ \\ hile. at the ame timc.

increa,ing a\\'arene,>,> of imporram

dc\ elopl11enr, in the~e cOllmrie~ b~

re,earcher, in the \\'e~t.

CollegeSecretary'sOffice

Laura Ryehan ha, become

Seercwr) to the Colkgc

Secrctary (ext 3,,0 I).

Philomcna IYSoula rerlaces Laura a,

,ecretaf) to the Bur~ar (e't 3.)09).

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In thenews

YL.. LI.nplo Lf do \\ In

lILntl rI'he 7J1f~\' reported the peelh !!;ilen

b~ the PnnlipJI tll Jek_.He J[[t:ndln!:

the (..Ireer TeJlher ( mkrenle

enmkd 'D" !'.mplmcr II.lnc

lIenn t '. orgJnl cd bl the College'

cudenc ReLrUltmenc ,"!'. 'l.lh.ln!!;e

Office. I le 1\.1 Jbk tll reJ ure them

thJt (Ience Jnd en!!;ineerin!!; !!;rJduJte

po~ e ~ m.ln~ IIf the Jme !!;enerJI ,kill,

Jnd hJI e .I mUlh Ulce, In findln!!;

emplol menc .I their .In colleJgue,.

Don'r U;i\ L lip on m \(h\n IncernationJI confen:nce orgJnl,ed

b~ rh<: lhool Curriculum .lIld

:\~~e~~menc \U(hllnr~ 11.1' COl er<:d b~

the Till/I:< I~dllml/QII SlIppltml'l/l.

\laq~arer B«)\\ n, Profe..-.or of

\lathemarlc, !·,dllt:arlOn, wld rhe

conferencc rhJr .Ill ,rudenr, ,houkl

hale (() lonrinue 11 irh mJrh, up w 19.

Currenrl~ Brit,tin i~ thc onll del doped

eounr~ I1 hieh .111011 ~ ,rudcnr, [0 /!;il e

up mJrh, Jr )(l. I· 011011 1nl!; rhi"

Prorc~~or BrOil n 11 J~ IIHcn lell cd on

R,ldio 4', I·.dll((/I,oll 1/t/11'" ,Ibour the

con: ,kill, required in mJth,. ,ueh a,

logil. ~parial ideJ' and dara an'llI \I~.

Shc ~'Iid rhar marhemarie, ,hould

include problem ~oll ing ,rratcgie, and

nor be link<:d w m'lnlpularilc

reehnique~.

Iltlls .I'm/({ ...Dr Simon \\"e,~cl~. R<:adcr in

P,ychological \I<.:diein<:. i, bccoming a

rcgular eonrribuwr w rhe healrh pJge,

of The Times. 11 i~ recenr fc:arure~ hal e

coneerncd thc problcm, of m<:nrall~ ill

d()nur~ (rho,<: II ho become alcohol or

drug dependenr), and Jlrernaril e

rrearmenr for ~uITerer~ of \I E.

"'P0f('" 1.1\\ LlllnchThe nell po,rgraduare lllur~e on ~pon~

hIli recend~ <:,rabli~hcd 11 irhin the

School of Lall reeeil cd 11 Ide lOl erage

in nell~paper~, 1.111 mJga/ine~ and on

rhe radio. The Radio.'l programme.

Xt/li()II~'idl'. reponed rhe launch and

inrefl i<:11 cd ,om<: of rho,e 11 ho

atrended: Seba~rian Co<:. Con~en aril <:

\IP and formu arhlete. Kar<: Ilo<:~.

Labour .'IP, Paul Elliort. footballcr and

.\dam Tomkin~ 11 ho i~ running rh<:

cour'c. SpOI1J IlIlemt/liollt//. a \\'orld

Scn ice programme. aho COl crcd rhe

<:Ienr.

If 'c tI fJcr Of ficrion:Dr h.HnnJ LJrkin. Lcuurer in

I h<: I I!!; . rook pJft III a di LU IOn on

R.1l11Cl . \'II/d" progrJmmc JbCllH the

hi tunLitl lit the Bihle. '( hi 11 a a

re pon e 10 an arllLlc III Timr

IllJ!!;J/lne. II hllh ral cd ome: IIf the

I UC.

(. kin~ p f( ld fL f

\n Jnlcle on thc e le:, e, of Chn,tmJ

eJnn ' ~llld I anou food ,care,

Jppe.m:d In thr S'II/dm Time'. Tom

ander . Profe ,or of"'" urrition and

Dletetil,. ,.lId thar he bel ie:: I ed rhar

~ome food eare II ere englllecreu b~ J

loc.lI group of food lobb~ i,r~. rle nude

.I predlltlOn dur III I() ~ eJr rime

caring mear in publil 1I ill be like

~moklng in J pubhl plale.

Chn [111.1 ",plfir

The Dean. ReI d Dr Richard Burridge,

rook p.m on the I,rlll' Shll"" on Premier

R,tulo d"lIl~,in/!; ('hri~tm;" wrie, .1nL!

rhe gmpl:l,. I le .Iho appean:d on

'lhlS Sill/rim• .I (;ranad.l 'I \. programme,

In an ImCfI lell 11 irh Bdl Roalh (better

knO\I n a "en BJrlOII of ('IJlw/(/lilJl/

SIIIl Il on the nJtil ir~. rhe go~pcl~ .Ind

rhe ,ptrit of (;hri,rma~.

PLalL i... hrcakinu; oUL hll(

\\ h\ :.\n article In rhe S'II/dll\' 7dl'j;mph

C\'lmined rh<: ollthreak of pcaee

rhroughout rhe lIorld and looked ar rhe

forec~ behind rhi, trend. \Iichael

CIJrke. Prot'c,~orof Defence Srudie,.

poinred (JIlr dur rhe onc major

re,rraint on ~rate~' abilit~ to wage lIar

Ila~ rhe Ilorld marker~ \I hieh rended to

puni~h counrrie~ lighting war, morc

rhan el er before Jnd make it diffiudr

to ~u'tJln .1 11 ,Ir onlC ir ha~ ,rarted.

lk [(h- kfjllill~

\ SlIlId"y 71l1l{'.l· .Irric1e on parienr~ in

per,i,renr I egeratil e ,tate (P\'S) rai~ed

rhe i~~ue of the po,~ibilir~ of recoI er~

for ~ulh p.lrienr~. Par \\'al~h of the

Centre of \ledical Lall and Ethie~ Ila~

quorcd on rhi, ~ubjeC( and al,o

inren ielled b~ John \lcCarrh~ on rhe

\\ orld ~efl ice. In the IlIdepetlr/l'IIl ~he

\I ,I~ quoted on rhe que~tion of rhe

I'alue lie atrribure ro eon,ciou,ne~~,

and on redefinirion~of dearh. She Ila~

Jho inren ielled on Radio Eircan

about rhe European ~Ufl c~ run b~ rhe

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C\ IL E of dOl[or',' :l[[itude~ ro rhe

probll:m~ rai~ed b~ P\

Thc I11c~lnin~ of ... 11111

~Ir Ton~ Thorne. Director of rhe

Engli~h Language Te:lthing Centre.

appeared on Tlu .\j/t/7/fJfJlI.SllI{t on

Radio ~ ralkin,g abour rhe he itation

noi~e, \I hith people make \I hen

peaking. lie explained rhar rhe~

I ~lfied in ~ound. lengrh ~lndmeaning

according {():l particular language or

cul{llre.

For tlouridc.\n on-going flouride fea~ihilir~ ,tud~

for I ,ondon \\'a~ reported in the 1':'i..'tIJill,e.

S/rllldllrrl. Sranle\ Gelhier. Profc~~orof

Dental Puhlic Ilealrh. I-:C:S~ID. ~aid

rhar de"pite fear, rhar ir i~ linked {Cl

eancer. there i, no el idenl:t.: that

fluoride i~ detrimental to health. lie

e\pre~~ed concern abour rhe large

numher of children in London \I ho

hal e tecth remol'ed a~ a ccll1~equenee

of demal di"ea~e. FolIO\I ing thi~ he

appeared on London :'\ew~ and \'il"a!

radio.

(;OI11I11U nicarion" (() cOl11eThe future of teleeommunication~\la,

examined on Radio ~\ }'fJ/( rllld l'OIIl:1.

\'ariou~ ne\l ,y,tem~ \I ere di~cu"ed

and ~ lark Sandler, Profc~~orof Sign:i1

Proce"ing. talked about mobile I ideo

telephony \I'hich could ,oon 1)(.:

al'ailable, bur he wondered hO\l man\

people \lould actuall~ \I ant it.

The Culf rc\ i"iredLa\l renee Freedman, Profe~~orof \\'ar

S{lldie~. appeared on rhe Todfl)'

programme in the lead up w the fifth

anniler~a~ of the Gulf\\·ar. lie talked

abour the \I capon, \I hich \I ere u,ed

and ~aid thar the publie had been

,educed by the claim, abour '~mart

\I capon,': mo~t of the \I capon, had

been old 'dumb' onc,. He al,o ~aid

that the Patrim mi",ile wa~ nCH actuallY

a great ,uccc".

Lack of "pirirPaul Black, Emeri{ll, Profe",or of

Science Education and i\ Iiehael Poole.

\'i,iring Re,eareh Fcllo\l in the School

of Education, contributed (() an article

in the 7'I..S which argued that the ne\l

,eience order omit, key di,cu",ion of the

,piri{llal eonte'l:t, of ,eientifie thinking.

\id" .lI1d rhe elderl\\ ork 11\ the \ge Concern In't1tl1re of

Gerontology inro \id, and

elderly peopll: \I a~ reported on rhe

l1/trll.:/lls/l'ml!,ml/Jl/Jl on RadIo:, ItreI ealed a roul lack of adl ice,

information and re,eMch on the

ubject for rhi ,ecrion of ociery \I ho

had become carer~ for J1eople \I irh :\id

or \\ ere parent~ of 'ldTen;r,.

Porrcr' ;lrr ~lnd conum er",Dr Dal id :'\okc" Reader in Engli h

Lirerature, \I rote about rhe playllright.

Dcnni~ PCHtcr. for Tht'SlIlIdfl)' Times,

~a\ ing that he broughr great art and

great contrm er,~ (() our telcl'j,ion

~creen,.

l'nablc (() pla~ h~ rhe rule"I~e,eareh undertaken b~ the Centre for

\ Iental Ilcalth SCfl ice' Ikl elopmem

\I a, reported in rhe 11ff/lth St'I''i..'ire

.ffJl//7/fll. Ir \la, found that rulc~

gOI erning mental health ~efl icc~

financc arc '0 comple'l: thar the\' arc

either rripping up purcha~ersand

prO\ idcr' or forcing rhcm to play 'afc.

Thcy concluded that a fundamcntal

reI ie\l of the rule~, \I irh ne\l

Il:gi,lation, \\ a~ e,~ential.

,\pologie"In rhe la,t edition of III/ht' Ill""":; \I Cdid

not full) report the e'l:tent to which a

confercnce, entitled SllIdit's ill f-{l/17l1jiJ!

RrliKioll. org:lni,ed by Dr ,\ndre\\'

\\'alker, Senior Lectllrcr in Theulogieal

Education \\"a~ COl ered .•\11 the daily

broad heet~ and rhe Sunday papers

rcported it and it \\a, mentioned on

radio and telCI i~ion, including

F~'t'0'1I/(1IIand I1efl!1 of/ht, .11filler.

Obituary

[) r E\\ :1 n ( . (J r.t nr

r i~ \\ lth mLJth rcgret thar I mu~t

announce that. after a hort lllne ~.

E\\ an Grant died on 19 \.'o\(:mber

199:, ju,t fil e dJ~ hort of hi, 63rd

hirthda\ ,

Before hi~ early retirement in

1991. EW~ln \\'a, Reader in Iluman

Biology at thc College, ,\Ithough hi,

lir~t degrec \\ a, in /'oology, Ewan \\a,

primarily intcrested in hehal iour, and

c,pecially human behal iour. i\

~lJl)~r~lJltial part of hi~ po~rgraduate

career I\"a, ,pcnt dealing with the

,criou,ly mentalh' ill. and thi,

e'l:perience \\'a~ e\tended to a ~tlIdy of

rhc bchal ioural ~ignah of Cl er\ da\

life, Thi~ Icd to a \\ ider inten:st in

Iluman Biology and elcntually E\\"an

became the founding member and

I lead of the Dcpartment of Iluman

Biology at Chelsea College,

,-\r rhc time of the merger of

Chehea and I-:ing'~ Collegc~, the

Department~of Ilul11an Biology

(Chel,ea College) and Anawl11Y

(King', Colil:gc) became onc. Ewan

stccrcd his sraff through a 'tre"ful

timc \\ ith grcat ,kill and eOl11po~urc,

without \\ hich help rhe union of t\l'O

di~parate Departlllents would hal'e

been far le" ea~y than ir prol·ed.

Ewan continued {(J ~houldermuch of

the hurden ofadmini,tration

a"ociated ~peeifieally \\ ith the

Iluma n Biology BSc Degree

programme, in the ~al11e effeetile \\ay

a~ before. ~o en~uring rhar it, ,ucce~,

ar Chehea would continue in the ne\\

~urrounding~.

Ewan wa~ a much liked and

respeercd figurc in the College, lIe is

,uniled b\ hi, \\ ife and tWO ~on'>. {()

\\ hOI11 \\ C ,cnd our sympathy.

Profes,or K E \\'eh,ter

Anatom\ r:':: Iluman Biolo~ Group.

Biomedical, cienee, Dil'i,ion, Strand

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